Your portfolio, rates and invoice details, one double-tap away

It’s 9:40 on a Tuesday. A founder you met at a meetup sends a LinkedIn message: “Loved your talk. What’s your portfolio link?” Before you’ve replied, an agency pings you on Slack asking for your day rate and a time to chat next week. Then an accountant emails for your GST number so they can raise an invoice. Three people, three apps, and each answer lives somewhere different: a bookmark, a note, the footer of an old invoice.

None of these questions is hard. They just add up. A snippet app for freelancers keeps every answer in one place and puts it right where your cursor already is.

What freelancers and designers get asked for every week

If you work for yourself, most of this list will look familiar:

• Your portfolio link, and sometimes a specific case study
• Your Behance and Dribbble profiles
• Your Figma community profile or a shared file link
• Your rate card, as a link or a short line of text
• Your calendar link for an intro call
• Invoice details: bank account, IFSC or routing number, UPI ID
• Your GST number, PAN or other tax ID
• Your email, phone number and billing address

Setting up your OnePaste library

OnePaste is a small menu-bar app for Mac. You save these things once in its Library window and group them into collections. A setup that suits most freelancers looks like this:

You don’t have to type it all in. If your links already live on your website or a link-in-bio page like Linktree, Bento or Read.cv, OnePaste can read that page and import the links for you. You can also paste a list from Notion or Apple Notes, one “Label : value” per line, or pull your name, email and phone from your Contacts card.

Add aliases as you go. Give your Dribbble snippet the keyword “shots” and your rate card “pricing”, and you’ll find each one with whatever word comes to mind first. OnePaste also recognizes Behance, Dribbble, GitHub, Instagram, LinkedIn and calendar links, and gives each a matching icon so you can spot it at a glance.

Three everyday freelancer workflows

Share your portfolio quickly in a LinkedIn or Slack DM

1. Click into the message box and type “Sure, here it is: ”.
2. Double-tap ⌥ ⌥. A small overlay appears next to your cursor.
3. Type port and press Return. The link is pasted and the overlay closes.

Whatever was on your clipboard before comes back afterward, so the hex code you copied in Figma a minute ago is still there. Prefer to place it yourself? Drag a row from the overlay into any app.

Send invoice details without opening your banking app

Save your bank details as a multi-field snippet, with separate fields for account name, account number, IFSC and bank. When a client’s payment form asks for them one by one:

1. Click the first box, double-tap ⌥ ⌥ and type bank.
2. Press → to open the snippet and see its fields.
3. Choose the account number and press Return. Move to the next box and repeat for IFSC.

Searching for a field name such as ifsc jumps straight to that field. Sensitive items show only their last four characters in the list; hold ⌥ to peek at the full value before you paste.

Answer “what are your rates?” in Gmail

Keep a two-line rate note and your rate card link as separate snippets. Double-tap ⌥ ⌥, type rate, and pick the one that fits the conversation. The first nine rows have shortcuts too: ⌘ 1 to ⌘ 9 paste them instantly, and the items you use most rank higher in search.

Freelancer productivity on Mac, in the apps you already use

Most client conversations happen in Chrome, Slack, Gmail, LinkedIn, WhatsApp Web and Figma. OnePaste’s overlay never takes keyboard focus away from them, so pasting works in browsers and Electron apps, not just native Mac apps. In the few fields that don’t report where the cursor is, the overlay opens in the center of the screen instead.

A few details matter when you’re a one-person business:

• Nothing to memorize. Unlike a text expander, there are no abbreviations. You double-tap and pick. If you’re weighing the two approaches, see OnePaste as a TextExpander alternative.
• Plays nicely with design tools. If double-tapping ⌥ clashes with your habits in Figma, switch the trigger to ⌘, ⌃ or ⇧.
• Client-safe on calls. The overlay is excluded from screen sharing and recordings, so a client watching your screen doesn’t see your list of saved details.
• Private. Your library is a file on your Mac. No account, no cloud, no tracking.
• One-time purchase. No subscription to add to your monthly costs. See pricing.

If you invoice Indian clients, the PAN, UPI and GST setup covers the India-specific details. Still applying for roles alongside client work? The job seekers setup pairs well with this one. For everything else OnePaste can do, visit features.

Frequently asked questions

What is the fastest way to share my portfolio link on a Mac?

Save it once in a snippet app and paste it from anywhere. With OnePaste you double-tap the Option key, type a few letters like “port”, and press Return to paste the link where you’re typing.

Can I import my links from Linktree or my personal website?

Yes. OnePaste can read the links on your website or link-in-bio page, such as Linktree, Bento, Zaap or Read.cv, and turn them into snippets. That’s the only time it goes online.

Is it safe to keep bank and UPI details in a snippet app?

OnePaste stores your library as a file on your Mac, with no account or cloud. Sensitive items are masked in the overlay, skipped by clipboard managers, and wiped from the clipboard one minute after copying.

Does OnePaste work in Figma, Slack and Gmail?

Yes. The overlay never steals keyboard focus, so pasting works in browsers and Electron apps like Figma, Slack, Notion and Gmail in Chrome, as well as native Mac apps.

How is OnePaste different from a text expander?

Text expanders paste text when you type an abbreviation you’ve memorized. OnePaste shows a searchable list next to your cursor, so you pick what you need instead of remembering shortcuts.

Is OnePaste a subscription?

No. OnePaste is a one-time purchase. It runs on Macs with Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later.